| A | B |
|---|
| characterization | describes what a character is like, or a character's personality |
| direct characterization | tells and shows, but mostly TELLS what is character is like |
| indirect characterization | SHOWS what a character is like |
| appearance | descriptions of a character's physical features, used as an indirect characterization |
| action | desriptions of a character's bahavior and ways of doing things that are examples of indirect characterization |
| speech | the way a character talks, they way the character puts words together, and the words that a character chooses to use that show indirect characterization |
| thoughts | show what a character is thinking, and is another way a writer uses indirect characterization |
| feelings | emotions that a character experiences, and another form of indirect characterization |
| other characters' reactions | how one character reacts to another, and a form of indirect characterization |
